Great cormorant: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great cormorant lives – recorded in 105 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phalacrocorax carbo
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	105 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	2.4 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Phalacrocoracidae

Where does the great cormorant live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great cormorant in 105 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Burkina Faso. In Switzerland, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a great cormorant?

Wikidata records the following for the great cormorant: mass 2.4 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the great cormorant endangered?

The great cormorant’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great cormorant?

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is a bird in the order Suliformes and the family Phalacrocoracidae, genus Phalacrocorax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great cormorant

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World, Australasia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great cormorant (revision 1381185299), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25440 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).